Collapsible toy house



. HANSON.

COLLAPSlBLE TOY HOUSE.

A'PPucATloN HLED APR. 14. 1921.

Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

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GUN/'1. J." HA/vso/v. BY M/ ATTONEYS.

Hai-8 Patented Sept. 19), 1922..

'nina rate tnatn GUNIL J. HANSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COLLAPSIBLE TQY HOUSE.

Application filed April 14, 1921. Serial No. 461,182. i

o To aZZ whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, GUNIL J. HANsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Collapsible Toy Houses, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to collapsible toy houses. An object is'to provide a construction whereby the house may be packed flat and readily assembled whenever desired in such manner that the various parts will be locked together when the house is completely assembled. Another object is to provide a device of this character which will afford amusement for children and at the same time will be instructive.

The full obj ects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description, and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrateV an embodiment of my invention, Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of my toy house assembled. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in Vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of the rear of the house. tical section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5. F ig. 7 is a view in vertical section on the line '7-7 of F ig. 4. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of a ceil' ing member. Fig. 9 is a'view in horizontal section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is' a vertical section on the line 10--10 of F ig. 2.

Referring to the construction shown in the drawings, the numeral 12 designates a rear wall member which has a dovetailed strip 14 secured to its lower outside surface; A chimney piece 16 is provided with a dovetailed recess 18 with which the strip v14 fits asshown in Figs.v 6 and 9, so that the chimney piece may be slid into place. The wall member 12 is provided with window frames 20, the construction of which will be described later.v Secured to the inner surface of the wall member 12'is an upper groovedhorizontal strip 22, a lower horizontal plain strip 24, and vertical grooved strips 26. Two side wall meinbers 28 are provided, and each of these members has secured to its'inner surface'an upper grooved horizontal strip 30, a lower horizontal plain strip 32, and Vertical grooved strips Fig. 6 is a view in ver- 34, 36, and37, the strips 37 being ;attached at the front of a lower Vforwardly extending portion of the side member. n assembling the device, the ends of the rear wall member are fitted into grooves of strips 34 carried by vthe side wall members and the inclined surfaces of blocks 38 engage inclined surfaces of blocks 40 carried by the side mem bers so that the side members are held to the rear wall member. A front base member 42 fits at its ends into grooves of the strips 37 and is provided with blocks 44 having inclined edges which engage the inclined edges of blocks 46 for looking the parts together. When the base member 42 is in place, a floor member 48 is slid into position so as to rest upon the horizontal strips 24 and 32 and upon the topl of the base member. Secured to the upper surface of the floor member are a pair of grooved strips 50 which extend from the rear of this member part way to the front thereof, and also secured to the fioor member are pairs of grooved strips 52 and 54 which extend in a direction at right angles to the strips 50 but are located toward the front corners of the fioor member. A ceiling member 56 is then slid into place, the rear edge of this member fitting into the grooves of the strips 22 and the ends of this member fitting into the grooves of the strips 30. The front of the ceiling member carries a Vertical member 58 and short grooved strips 60 which fit the lower edges of overhanging portions of the side wall members as will be apparent from Fig. 1. vA. roof member is provided which consists 'of front and rear leaves 62 and 64 hnged together at their adjacent edges which are provided with strips 66 and 68 to which is glued or otherwise secur-ed aV piece of flexible material 70 which permits the two leaves to be folded together when the device is to be packed. The rear leaf has a notch 72 for the passage of the chimney member 16 and both leaves are'provided with grooved strips '74 which receive the upper' inclined ends of the side wall members. Hooks 76, carriedby the' ceiling member, are

adapted to be hooked into eyes 78 carried by the leaf 64 whereby the roof member is held in place. Partition members 80 having door openings 81 as shown in Fig. 4 are adapte'd to slide i-n the groovesv of the strips 50 and in grooved strips 82 secured to the underside of the ceiling member 56. V A pair of front members 84 are adapted to slide in the grooved strips 52 on the fioor member 48 and engage The side wall members 28 are provided withl vin the grooves of the strips 86. pair of porch enclosing members 86 havingorna- I a lockinglugs for engagement'with slots in'sald base. member, steps adapted to be held uponl mental' openings 87 are adapted to slide in the grooved strips 54: and in grooved strips 88 secured at the front of-tlhe ceiling'member';

lower and upper windowframes 90`'and 92 which are similar to the window frames 20, carried byithe rear wall member 12. These window frames are adaptedjftobe attached; to openings inthe sheet material of which the.

wall, members are composed andfas will be understood b reference to Fifr. 3 each win-` dow frame member consists of two vertilcal side strlps 94, a` lower strip 96 and an upper strip 98, these strips having grooves to re-v ceive the edgesofthe openingsiin the wall by the supports maybe securedin place by a members. Theinne'rwedges lof these strips are provided with shallow grooves forj holdmg pieces of transparent materlal 100, such;

as mica, celluloidor glass. Steps are attached g vvside member, a roofmem-ber, and hooks for' with angular looking ,lugsy 104 adapted to zbe,

received in slots 106 inthe. member 42 whereslidingmovement as will be. u-nderstood by reference to Fig. 10. `Grooved strips 108. aid

in holding the supports 102 in place. A-

number of steps 110 are placed on the succesw sive horizontal vportions of the supports 102 and, as will be understood from Figs. 4; and

' L0, are held in place by sliding into notches.:

The locking lugs 104 are slid into place before the floor memberispositioned,and when the latter member is slid into its position, it

holds the supports 102 from. becoming de-` tached.y It. will be understood'thlat infas? semb'ling the .parts of the. house, the roof portion is the last to be secured in place, and when the hooks. 76 are engaged with the eyes 78, all of the parts will be. securely held'in place so that the house can be picked'up and carried without liability of:l coming apart. The roof member aidsin holding the corners of the house together, and; since the ceiling i member issecuredto the rear .lea-f. of the roof 'ners, a eeiling member adapted'to be slid in I claim zy tachably Vholding them together at their corhorizontal grooves carried by said l side mem-` bers, a roof member, and hooks for detach'-V ably securing said roof member and lsaid cell'- ing member'together, whereby bothV ofthem are held in place. a I

2. A; col-lapsible toy house ;comprlsing a rear wall membentw'o vside wall members, a

front base member, means associated with" 1,eee,871 i said members for detachably holding them together at their corners, step supports having 'said step supports by notches, a ceiling member adapted to be slid inhorizontal grooves carried by said' side members, a roof member and hooks for detachably securing said roof member and v said ceiling member together whereby both of them are held in place.

3. collapsible toy house comprising a rear wall member, two side wallmemberaa their Corners, a floor member adapted to be slid into place betweensafidfside members, Vfront members adapted to be slid in grooves' carried by said floor'member and to` engage saidcside members for holding vsaid fOQrmember inl place, a ceiling member adapted. to

be slid in horizontal grooves carriedvby said i detachably securing said roof member,

said ceiling member together wherebybot-h of them are held in place. I

4. A lcollapsible, toy house comprising a,v` i

rear wall member, two side wall' members,4 a

'front base member, means associated with saidmembersfor dethably holding them, together at'theirv corners', stepv supports haying looking lugs for engagement with slots.

adapted` to be slid in horizontal .grfOOvescar- Vried byy said side members, a roof member hinged 'at/its middle, and hooks fordetachably securing the| rear? portion of saidf'roof member and said ceiling member together .e

whereby both of' them. are held in place,

v5. Acollapsible toy house, com'prisi'ngv at' al front base member, means associated with rear wallmember, two sidewallmembers and` said members for detachably holding them w together at their Corners, a floor member adaptedirto` be slid intoI place between said. side members, a ceiling memberl adapted to.` be slid into place between said side members,

said ceiling member, front .members adaptmember and to engage said side members for closing members adapted to slide in grooves carriedby said floor member and by.`

ceiling member, aV roof member whichL assists vin holdlngv the corners together.andj` meansi VGfUNit J. ,1FI.ANsoN.

In testimony wherzeofl hereunto partition members adapted to slide; z

` A, w I i, grooves carried by said fioor member'and. by

l. collapsible. toy vhouse comprising a, rear wall member,.two side wall'` members,

meansassociated with said members for de.-; i

holdingsaid floor member in place, porch en 

